----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave G." <dmg@bossig.com>
To: <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Comedy recording-LBC question
>> I thought it originated in WW2 England (could have been earlier) the
>> "V" for Victory. I can see the sense, at least with that war where
>> victory would mean peace, so V for "peace" vs victory?
In the UK , It depends which way you do the 'V' sign...
If the palm of you hand is facing the other guy it means "Victory"
Winston Churchill made that sign very famous during WWII.
With the palm of your hand facing you, it is the same as "flipping the
bird" I.O.W. quite rude and insulting..
Dave G.
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When my wife and I went back to Ireland last year we brought another couple
with us who had never been there before. As we were at the airport in
Dublin getting ready to go home, my buddy and I went to an airport bar to
get a last "good" pint of Guinness (as opposed to the stuff we get here)
while our wives went to see if they could possibly spend some more money.
The bar was quite busy and the barkeep seemed annoyed by the frustrated
customers. While he was pouring a Guinness for somebody else, he looked up
and my friend caught his eye, showed two fingers the wrong way and pointed
at the Guinness being poured . The barkeep looked a bit pissed until he saw
me laugh and show the "V" the other way. He must have figured out that we
were tourists as he laughed about it when he served us.
Gotta be careful in a strange land.
LD
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